The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-13
THREE STATES In BRIEF.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA HAPPENINGS.


Happy Talbotton-A Gibbet Pendant
A Wise Old Gander-A Snake That
Bellowed-Big Owls-Best Snake
Story Yet Narrated-The Old Lady
Wanted More Kisses.
GEORGIA.
There are no loafers in Talbotton.
The Milton Democrat is to be greatly en-
farged and improved.
If building is sign of prosperity, Cal
houn is on a boom of the right kind.
Stewart county Jail is empty of prisoners
for the first time in five or six years.
Dalton public schools viii close on June
"a. The fall term begins on Aug 20, 1897.
Gainesville has the most efficient police
70 the size of it in the State, boasts the
Eagle.
Henry Pope, who outraged Miss Hendrick
in Chattooga county, will be hanged on
July l.
Every man in Forrestville signed the pc
tition to order an election for prohibition
but four.
There is not vacant dwelling house in
Douglasville, and applicants every day
wanting to rent.
There seems to be more than an average
crop of peaches upon the trees this year in
Stewart County.
The commencement at Dahlonega College
will open June 10 instead of June 10, as pre-
viously announced.
The North Atlanta District Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, con
venes In Canton July Is.
In the Sixty sixth district of Washington
county there live five matrons whose ages
aggregate over 400 years
. A Crawfordville milk dealer is very arts
tocratic, delivering milk with handsome
double team and carriage.
Abbeville will have a fine hotel some time
this year The site has changed hands, and
work will begin on it at an early day
T. b. Clegg, of Schley, has $50 hives and
has sold this year over $500 worth of honey,
and the season for taking the honey has not
fully opened.
The citizens of Barnesville held meeting
last week and raised $50, 900 for the purpose
ofsinducing the Atlanta and Hawkinsville
to build by that town.
Some months ago the people of Burke
county voted on the liquor question and the
county went dry by large majority. All
the liquor licenses expired in the county at
midnight Monday night and prohibition
went into effect.
Capt. J. A. Fulton of Dawson. received
a telegram Tuesday announcing that his
brother, Capt. r. L. Fulton, had been re-
elected Mayor of Galveston, Tex, by a plu-
rality of ] 100 votes There were four can
didates in the race.
On Friday morning last, at his home near
Centerville, in Talbot county, John Pearson
died after long illness He was in the I'D
year of his age and had lived in Talbot
county forty-fve years, thirty-five of which
he spent at the home where he died.
On Thursday last the Southern Rifles, of
Talbotton, held an election for commissioned
officers, and the following were elected with
out opposition: J. NJ Heath, Captain; E. L.
Kimbrough, First Lieutenant; j. NJ Nc
Crory, Second Lieutenant; S. ID. Maxwell,
Junior Second Lieutenant.
Mr.. Glaze reports hailstorm in his vicin-
ity, about two miles north of Dalton, on
Friday afternoon last, which shattered
every pane of glass IN one side of his dwell
ing, and ruined considerable corn for him
Some of the hailstones were immense,
stripping leaves off the trees in their de-
scent.
The Columbus Business College has closed
its session. Diplomas were delivered to the
following young men: George N. Hurt, j. H.
Salisbury, E M. Malone, F. W McMurrain
T. w. Cochran, j. F. Pomeroy, J. R. Mont
gomery, Alfred Berry, M. G.. White, j. W.
Jones j. f. Pomeroy and E. NJ. Malone
were highly complimented by Prof. Hough
for the excellent stand they took in the
class.
Americas is infested with more little negro
boys who loaf on the streets and do nothing
than any other city In the State, large or
small. Many of them claim to earn living
as bootblacks, but this statement is ex-
remedy doubtful. Several dozen have been
sent to the chain-gang within the past year
or two, and there is strong probability of
others going from there unless change of
some kind is shortly effected.
Sandersville Progress: We are informed
that Mr. Gideon L. Mathis killed an owl on
his place last week, which measured feet
6 inches from tip to tip of the outstretched
wings; and few days subsequent, negro
tenant ON Mr.. Mathis place killed another,
presumed to be the mate of the former,
which measured 4 feet 10 inches. The
neighborhood has suffered many depreda-
tions from these monster birds.
Mrs. John Chandler, who lives about six
miles east of Marietta, set a goose in the
spring. The goose set on the eggs about
week and died on the nest. She was taken
off the nest and a gander, mate of the goose,
took her place and sat three
weeks, when the eggs Matched, six in num-
Der. He cares for the little orphans just
like a mother goose, hovers them at night
and during the day leads them where the
grass is the greenest.
There is an Italian manufacturer of
crockery in Macon who says that he can
utilize the raw material around the city in
the manufacture of first-clasS ware for home
demand and export trade. he was taken
around the city by Mr.. Tom CARING and
Lieut.. w. A. Wylc, and he convinced them
that his project was entirely feasible Moth
ing has bean determined on, but it is not inn
probable that such an enterprise will be
located there at an early day.
Putnam has officially decided to contest
for the county premium of 81 900 offered by
the Piedmont exposition, and will be on
hand in force at the opening. The formal
application for so by so feet of space has
been forwarded, and Putnam viii cover
every inch Of it with an interestesting ex-
hibit. The people are in earnest and the
county that beats Putnam at the Piedmont
Exposition will have its hands full Every
district is organized and at work
Mr. D. B. Afford of Oak Bower, set a
couple Of steel traps on the bank of the Sa-
vannah river to catch muskrats The first
thing caught w0s a rabbit Mr. Afford
baited his traps with the rabbit for hawk
and caught n crow. He supposed the crow
got caught fighting at the hawk The crow
was permitted TO remain in the trap a few
days, when n buzzarI came 10 the feast and
was caught il the other trap Game seems
10 be plentiful and variegated in those parts